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Garcia v. GEO Group, NM, Complaint, Failure to Protect, 2012 FILED IN MY OFFICE DISTRICT COURT CLERK 9/6/2012 2:28:26 PM GREGORY T. IRELAND STATE (ll" NF.W MFXIU) ( 'Ol.:NTY OF T1ERNAU LLO SECOND JUDlCIAI. DlSTRlCT COURT Kendra Goers DFl\NIS GJLfff.RT GARCIA. Plaintiff, frEO, Inc ., d/b/a the North East Ncrv …
Johnson v. CCA, KY, Complaint, FLSA salary overtime class action, 2012 Case 3:12-cv-00246-JGH Document 5 Filed 05/25/12 Page 1 of 17 PageID #: 25 ELECTRONICALLY FILED UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY LOUISVILLE DIVISION CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:12-cv-00246-JGH MICHAEL E. JOHNSON, RICHIE CHESSER STEPHEN HERMAN, ROBERT K. MITCHELL, …
Class Certified in Lawsuit Challenging Conditions at CCA-operated Indiana Jail, but Case Dismissed on Summary Judgment by David Reutter by David M. Reutter An Indiana federal district court certified a class and allowed claims to proceed that challenged unsafe conditions, lack of medical privacy and an alleged incentive scheme that …
Florida Citizen Fights CCA over Public Records Request by Prison officials tend to frown on public records requests. In fact, employees at a Florida facility operated by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) were so ruffled by a citizen’s request for records that they called the cops. Joel Chandler, 47, has …
suspended without pay.
John Johnson, Jr., 60, a nurse formerly employed by Allegheny CorrectionalHealthServices at the Allegheny County Jail, pleaded guilty to three counts of sexual contact with prisoners
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Collins v. Bustamante, NM, Settlement (Ann Chavez), Sexual Assault and Rape, 2012 2013-03-0714:17 Fine LawFirm 5052422716 » P 2/5 SEffl iEMENT AGREEMENT BEI,EASE AND COVENANT OFNQN..IlJSCfcOSUBE For the co°'idotntionof the sum of TEN THOUSAND AND 00/100 ($10,000,00),paid by CORRECTIONS CORPORATIONOF AMBIUCA,the ~lpt and sufficiency of which Is hereby acknowledged1 ANNCHAVEZ …
) in a suit filed under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) seeking copies of contracts between the BOP and privateprison companies for the detention of non-U.S. citizens convicted of federal crimes
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Eighth Circuit Upholds Denial of Qualified Immunity on Medical Claims Against CMS
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On July 20, 2010, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed in part a district court’s denial
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that an physician who was an independent contractor providing medical services in Puerto Rico prisons was not an employee of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (DOCR) or CorrectionalHealthServices
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Hawaiian
religious practitioners who have been incarcerated under the laws of the State of
Hawaii, but are currently serving their terms of sentence in for-profit privateprisons under various governmental
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Salas v. Buccigrossi, NM, Settlement, Sexual Assault and Rape, 2011 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, RELEASE ANDCOVENANT OFNON-DISCLOSURE For the consideration of the sum of TWENTY NINE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND 00/100 ($29,000.00), paid by CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, BRENDA SALAS does hereby release, acquit …
Ramirez v. Trujillo, NM, Settlement, Sexual Assault and Rape, 2011 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, RELEASE AND COVENANT OF NON-DISCLOSURE For the consideration of the sum of THIRTY FIVE IHOUSAND DOLLARS AND 00/100 ($35,000.00), paid by CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, the receipt and sufficiency ofwhicb is hereby acknowledged, VERONICA RAMIREZ docs hereby release, …
Davis et al v. Abercrombie et al, HI, Order denying Def Mot to Transfer Venue, CCA religious discrimination denial retaliation, 2011 Case 1:11-cv-00144-LEK -BMK Document 28 Filed 05/27/11 Page 1 of 27 657 PageID #: IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF HAWAII RICHARD KAPELA DAVIS; et …
California: State May Be Liable for Delaying Medical Care to Prisoner’s Infant Child by The California Court of Appeal has held that the State may be vicariously liable for the acts or omissions of its employees in failing to provide needed medical care for an infant living with its mother …
U.S. Supreme Court: No Bivens Remedy Available Against PHS Staff by Brandon Sample On May 3, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court held that employees of the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) may not be sued for constitutional violations under Bivens v. Six Unknown Fed. Narcotics Agents, 403 U.S. 388 (1971). …
Third Circuit Reverses $642,398.57 Attorney Fee Award for RFRA Claim by Immigration Prisoner by The Third Circuit Court of Appeals reversed an immigration detainee’s $642,398.57 attorney fee award, finding that “the District Court’s degree of success inquiry under § 1988 was based on an impermissible reconstruction of the jury verdict.” …
Salas v. Buccigrossi, NM, Complaint, Sexual Assault and Rape, 2010 MAY-26-2010 17:41 From:UPTOWN To:16155659970-11643 cr~~cE ~:l,,>.::O!\ THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COUNTY OF CIBOLA 2810 JUL13 At'!IQ:34 STATE OF NEW MEXICO 1,:J.Ji:Y c/:iJ~3 BRENDASALAS, CV2WUu .1. . v_ 1 BY --- Plaintiff, v, CHARLES BUCCIGROSSI, ARLENR HICKSON, .FNU JOHNSON, and HELEN CARR, …
GEO Group (formerly Wackenhut Corrections), the nation’s second-largest privateprison company.
PLN filed the suit in 2005 under Florida’s public records law after GEO failed to produce documents
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Ninth Circuit: 42 U.S.C. § 233(a) Does Not Immunize Public Health Service Employees from Bivens Constitutional Tort Claims by John Dannenberg Ninth Circuit: 42 U.S.C. § 233(a) Does Not Immunize Public Health Service Employees from Bivens Constitutional Tort Claims by John E. Dannenberg The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals …
Ramirez v. Trujillo, NM, Complaint, Sexual Assault and Rape, 2010 THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COUNTY OF CIBOLO STATE OF NEW MEXICO VERONICA RAMIREZ, Plaintiff, No. V. ANDREW TRUJILLO, BILL SNODGRASS, ALLEN COOPER, ARLENE HICKSON, GINA MARTINEZ, in their individual capacities, and CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, Defendants. SUMMONS TO: CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF …
